Best 15 Minutes

Washington Post…reports that Department of Justice subpoena records from Padres-Dodgers-Atlanta in ‘human trafficking probe of Cuban players ….Sports Illustrated reported Doddgers were dealing with their in house probe that showed 5-of their Latin scout were ‘highly corrupted’…dealing with Mafia elements in Latin America.

NFL…3-owners tell reporters they do not believe Robert Kraft will be disciplined by Roger Goodell if sexual solicitation charges are dropped…..5-different judges in adjoining counties have now ruled video evidence in case not admissible.

NFL….Eagles proposed to competition committee that coaches be given “1-Pass Interference challenge” that can be used in final 2-minutes of halftime and final 2-minutes or regulation….Coaches would still have 2-other challenges to use anytime during game…propose that Hail Mary pass plays not be included in Instant Replay challenge.

NFL..Informs Rams-Chargers they will begin payments of 129M per season in 2020 for move into Los Angeles….Teams owe NFL 645M in territorial fees…Each NFL team will receive 43M as part of move into LA market.

Mike Stensrud…former NFL lineman-now working in governmental job…arrested for showing up drunk with a gun at an Iowa governmental hearing.

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(Teams)

Buffalo…Hall of Fame QB-Jim Kelly passes another cancer screening.

Houston..XFL says QB-Johnny Manziel will be eligible for XFL draft for next year spring league.

Jets…Coach Adam Gase denies he had any issue with free agent contracts given to RB-Le’Veon Bell..CJ Mosely….Jets spent 125M on off season acquisitions then fired GM-Mike Maccagnon.

US Figure Skating….Probe of suicide death of skater John Coughlin…former partners and girl friends said he was ‘sexual predator’….accused US Skating association of trying to create a ‘false narrative’ about Coughlin…was aware of allegations-did nothing about it.

Soccer…FIFA withdraws vote to expand World Cup in 2020 from 32-to-48 teams…Could not work out deals with Qatar-Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to host additional games…Political and financial issues blocked approval…..FIFA will discuss going to 48-teams for 2026-World Cup in US-Canada-Mexico.

Soccer…English Premier League releases revenue sharing for club members for 2018-2019 season
..Liverpool (192M)…Manchester City (190M)…Chelsea (146M)…..Releated teams Huddersfield (96M)..Fulham (101M) also got record paydays.